Fulton will start replacing faulty cell door locks | www.myajc.com

Fulton County took a leap toward ending federal oversight of its jail Wednesday. The County Commission awarded a $4.8 million contract to replace almost 1,400 faulty door locks that inmates have been able to open at will to assault guards and other inmates.

The county still has a ways to go before it retakes total control of the lockup, perhaps as far away as 2015. Installation will take about a year, the chief jailer estimates, and a federal monitor has said he wants to see how the locks work for at least six months before declaring the problem solved.

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